It’s Friday which means it’s time for another post in my new Series Flashback Photo Fridays where I reflect on my travels by selecting a photo and share a story, a moment or a feeling about a place! One of my favorite past times is laughing. I’m amused easily. I find humor in the obvious, the weird, … Continue reading »
“Who you chatting with this early in the morning?” I flash a big smile as I ask Diego, one of my English students in a class of 28 on Wednesday mornings at 8am. He looks up from his phone grinning. You talking to a girl or qué? I joke as his classmates glance at me … Continue reading »
So you excited to come home? my mom asks on our most recent skype date. I stumble over my words as I debate to give a long or short answer. “Ah well, not really. I feel neutral.” Friends back home have reached out more lately as my return home is nearing. They’ve been asking me … Continue reading »
It’s Friday which means it’s time for another post in my new Series Flashback Photo Fridays where I reflect on my travels by selecting a photo and share a story, a moment or a feeling about a place! “You can’t travel via public transportation in Namibia,” locals and travelers alike told me. Perplexed after traveling from Tanzania … Continue reading »
Living abroad for the last year and half has been teaching me many lessons and it’s been an amazing journey as I learn more about myself and just who I am. Here are just a sampling of lessons that I continue to learn and be reminded of. To ask for what I need: I’ve … Continue reading »
After a long day of travel from one Mozambique town to the other with a boat taxi ride to our new town, Inhambane that we’d call home for the next few nights, we were ready to relax. And the fact that our 10 minute boat ride on choppy waters, packed to the gills with passengers and … Continue reading »
I have seven weeks left in Europe before I board a plane to my beloved California. A place I think off fondly and a place that conjures beautiful visions for people who have never been but have seen plenty of images from films and Television. When I tell people where I’m from, they have a … Continue reading »
Bilbao, a city in the Basque Country in Northern Spain, often conjures images of an industrial port city that doesn’t have much to offer. However, over the last decade it has been a thriving city full of contrasts of old and new, antique and modern. In 1991, the Basque Government and artictects gathered to bring a modern … Continue reading »
“I’ll ride, if you ride,”a fellow tourists said to me while on a guided tour of an ostrich farm in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. I agreed without thinking, assuming she was joking. You know the attitude of sure thang because I know it’s all talk and no action. We toured around the farm learning that the … Continue reading »
“We’re going to do three things in San Sebastian,”EAT EAT EAT”, I told my mom enthusiastically over Skype as we planned her 14 day visit to Spain and Basque Country. Known as the gastronomic capital of the world, based on having the most amount of Michelin star restaurants per square kilometer combined with innovative and … Continue reading »
That’s right, it’s that time of year when snails start appearing on menus throughout the South of Spain, Hay Caracoles! Turns out in Basque Country, snails make an appearance too this time of year. In Vitoria- Gasteiz snails have a special day when the people of Alava day celebrate their Patron saint, San Prudencio. Álava (Araba … Continue reading »
My how the weeks pass! It’s Friday which means it’s time for another post in my new Series Flashback Photo Fridays where I reflect on my travels by selecting a photo and share a story, a moment or a feeling about a place! My first visit to the Grand Canyon, I had the luxury of … Continue reading »
Growing up in the States I never really thought much about what it means to be an American. Patriotic waving the red, white and blue? Eating hot dogs and hamburgers? Attending ball games? Ah the cliché images. I was born in America but my parents weren’t. My mom born in Canada and my dad emigrated … Continue reading »
I haven’t been a good blogger lately and I admire all the travel bloggers I follow who manage to consistently write. I really wonder how you all do it, maintaining a consistent writing schedule even when traveling, living life or having unexpected things come up (or even, when you have writers block/don’t feel compelled to … Continue reading »
It’s Friday and you know what that means: Flashback Photo Fridays, when I share a photo and why it’s meaningful to me. A few weeks before I packed my bags and moved to Spain, I set off on a two week road trip to explore the Southwest with a very good friend. We had planned most … Continue reading »
